Method for monitoring prepaid stamps on mail
AssigneeDeutsche Post AG
InventorsRudi Denzer, Carsten Vullriede, Jorg Diefenbach
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Abstract
The inventive method is characterized in that the prepaid postage indicia are checked to see if they contain a predefined security feature. If they do not, at least one selected read area of the mail is checked to determine whether it contains a predefined graphic representation of a prepaid postage indicia.
Claims7
A method for checking a postage indicium applied onto a mailpiece, characterized in that the postage indicium is checked to see whether it contains a prescribed security feature and in that, in case the postage indicium does not contain the security feature, the postage indicium is checked to see whether at least one selected reading area of the mailpiece contains a graphic representation of a postage indicium.
The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the postage indicium is irradiated with light in order to check whether it contains a prescribed security feature.
The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that, if one or more security features are not present, the mailpiece is rejected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.